Women
Heads of State

In 1953, the first woman head of state (president) was Suhbaataryn
Yanjmaa of Mongolia. Through the years women’s political participation became
more apparent as more women are elected as heads of state.

Those belonging to the Asia-Pacific region are highlighted.

The data source is Roberto Ortiz de Zarate's Political Collections (ZPC)
http://personales.jet.es/ziaorarr/00women.htm
, but the data has been reformatted. Click on underlined names to see a short
article about that person on the ZPC page.